Parc el Fondo, Elche

[Unframed Dave]

A few from our mornings walk. I believe the carp are working in groups of four or five to churn up the mud to find food. If anyone has any other suggestions, please let me know, I've never seen anything like it before.

These are all imported via imaging edge, so not sure what the resolution will be like.

• ILCE-1
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 4/10000 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-1
• 553.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/10000 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-1
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/10000 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-1
• 234.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/10000 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 227.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/10000 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 1600

• ILCE-1
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 2/10000 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Unframed Dave]

It has been suggested elsewhere that the carp are spawning.

 

[Brownie]

It has been suggested elsewhere that the carp are spawning.

Nah. I grew up by a lake. Carp come into shore every night to scavenge in the shallows. I don't think they're working in concert, they just vie for position. I've seen them by the hundreds evening after evening throughout summer.

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Always enjoyable watching all the animals getting around and doing what they do in their home pond.

My personal favourite is when a hen gets nibbled at by a carp or an eel. See the things yelp and scream and bolt out of the water in about half a second. Then they stand at the side moaning and bitching while they dust themselves off. Gold!